$100 Ticket Could Pay Off In A New $237,000 House

March 04, 1997|By Pat Harper.

NEW LENOX — While finishing touches are added to a student-built "dream house," the Lincoln-Way High School Foundation is gearing up to raffle it off.

The foundation kicked off its "Dream Home 2" raffle last week with a reception for area business people who began selling the $100 tickets Saturday. Tickets will go on sale at the school Tuesday, Stacy Holland, an administrative assistant, said.

The prize is a brand new, all-brick, ranch-style home in the Schoolhouse Manor subdivision built by Lincoln-Way construction trades students over the last two years.

The house has been appraised at $237,500, foundation president Greg Hobbs said.

The three-bedroom home features an eat-in kitchen, a great room with a cathedral ceiling, a sun room with French doors, a partially finished basement, a zoned heating system and an oversize two-car garage, according to building trades instructor Ken Fiore.

When they began the project, students were "kind of overwhelmed" by the scope, Fiore said, but they quickly adjusted.

With landscaping done by horticulture students, colors and wallpaper selected by interior design students and finances tracked by accounting students, the building venture "brings in four interdepartment projects that are hands-on for everyone," Fiore said.

Planning will begin this summer for a third student-built home, this one in the Wellington subdivision, Fiore said.

If 3,000 tickets are sold, the winner will be able to choose between the house or a $190,000 cash prize, Hobbs said.

If fewer tickets are sold, proceeds from the raffle will be split 50-50 between the holder of the winning ticket and the school.

The maximum number of ticket sales is 4,000, Hobbs said.

Foundation members are optimistic they can reach the 3,000-ticket sales goal, he said. "We hope to sell 4,000 tickets."